#2149 The Likes List

April 1, 2012

1. The 50/50 possibility that I’m going to Coachella in two and a half weeks.2. The latest issue of Fantastic Man, which is on newsstands right now and which you need to pick up immediately. Besides brilliant pieces about my favourite expat Kiwi Tim Blanks and A.P.C.’s Jean Touitou, there’s an interview with Nigel Stowe, the general manager of London’s members only Arts Club. Says he: “Oddly enough, I’m happiest when I’m trying to pull back a table. When you walk into a room, you look at the heads. If they’re up, then there’s your problem table. The worst thing is when you seat someone near a person they know. Say you’re doing a business lunch and then a friend of yours comes in and sits at the table next to yours. It would be awkward. You can’t figure out why – there’s just an awkwardness. I believe great service is anticipating that awkwardness.” Most interesting article I’ve read in a long time.

10. Channing Tatum as an actor. He does the best kid-born-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-tracks-fighting-to-turn-his-life-around-but-still-harbouring-emotional-scars-from-his-troubled-past. Plus, he’s just so damn good looking.

Comments

1. Then we have a 50/50 possibility that I will still like you and not want to claw your eyes out with jealousy [violent, I know.]2. I am still waiting for my copy. Subs suck 95% of the time.3. I cannot relate. I am a Leo. Hear me boast.4. Do not let the people downstairs hear this – they are making enough babies. I can vouch for this most days/nights. Not cool.5. I thought the wardrobe for Boy was the best ever. Let’s agree to disagree.6. I have a flannel one – lumberjacky but awesome.7. I first need to allow myself to leave the house without fear of the unknown.8. Preach.9. And paid in full.10. And he can dance. Nuff said.